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TURPIN et al.1 investigated a patient with Turner's syndrome who was found to have an apparently normal twin brother. Analysis of blood groups, plasma proteins and secretor status showed that they were probably monozygotic (P = 0.0075), and reciprocal transplants of skin tissue showed no signs of rejection after 78 days2. Chromosome analysis revealed an XO karyotype in the patient and an XY sex chromosome constitution in the normal brother. Since then, five other cases of monozygotic twins with discordant karyotypes have been described3–7. This communication describes a case of autosomal trisomy in an amorphous monozygotic twin.
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KERR, M., RASHAD, M. Autosomal Trisomy in a Discordant Monozygotic Twin. Nature 212, 726–727 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212726b0
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